Android apps on Google Play are available for a wider range of devices than those catering to Apple's closed ecosystem.
In 2022, Google Play users worldwide downloaded 110 billion mobile apps, down from 111.3 billion apps in 2021. Generating significantly more downloads than it’s iOS counterpart, the Apple App Store, Annual number of app downloads from the Google Play Store worldwide from 2016 to 2022 (in billions)
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Mobile Marketing Reads. (January 26, 2023). Annual number of app downloads from the Google Play Store worldwide from 2016 to 2022 (in billions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 22, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/734332/google-play-app-installs-per-year/
Mobile Marketing Reads. "Annual number of app downloads from the Google Play Store worldwide from 2016 to 2022 (in billions)." Chart. January 26, 2023. Statista. Accessed September 22, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/734332/google-play-app-installs-per-year/
Mobile Marketing Reads. (2023). Annual number of app downloads from the Google Play Store worldwide from 2016 to 2022 (in billions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 22, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/734332/google-play-app-installs-per-year/
Mobile Marketing Reads. "Annual Number of App Downloads from The Google Play Store Worldwide from 2016 to 2022 (in Billions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 26 Jan 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/734332/google-play-app-installs-per-year/
Mobile Marketing Reads, Annual number of app downloads from the Google Play Store worldwide from 2016 to 2022 (in billions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/734332/google-play-app-installs-per-year/ (last visited September 22, 2023)
Annual number of app downloads from the Google Play Store worldwide from 2016 to 2022 (in billions) [Graph], Mobile Marketing Reads, January 26, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/734332/google-play-app-installs-per-year/